Wu Zi Monitoring Room, is the prison island's internal monitoring, guarding extra strict, Qu family accomplices and Qu family colluded to raid the river mouth of the bandit leaders and other major offenders are all detained here.

  The walls of the cell supported large candles made of pine resin, which crackled and burned in the quiet night, filling the cell with the fragrance of pine resin.

  "Pah!" Qu Wu Yang hunched over, the heavy cangue weighing over 30 jin on his neck and the heavy chains weighing over 30 jin on his feet had not been removed for several days. After the interrogation, he was still locked in a cage, even an iron man would be tortured to the point of being inhuman. At this time, Lin Xuan ordered someone to release him from the cage, and Qu Wu Yang still had the strength to spit at Lin Xuan and curse viciously, "Don't forget that your hands are stained with the blood of the Qu family's children..."

  "Are you allowed to shed others' blood, but not allow others to shed your family's blood?" Lin Tie pulled out the scabbard and slapped it on Qu Wu Yang's face, then pressed the scabbard against his chin, sneering, "I think at your age, you're still alive because of luck. Even if a member of the Qu family dies unjustly, this account will be settled with you, you dog. Do you expect me to tie my hands and let your family kill me to appease your hatred? Can you feel the pain of losing a child, but others are not someone's children, spouses, or parents? Blood debts must be repaid in blood. The 36 people of He Kou's floating population, not one life is inferior to that of a member of the Qu family."

  "...". Qu Wu Yang was left speechless by Lin Xian's words, this time he had fallen into the hands of this kid and even if he died he wouldn't be willing to admit it, he could only glare at Lin Xian with anger in his eyes.

  Lin tied up the chair handed over by the prison guard and sat down, sneering: "Do you still expect me to treat you as a person, want me to take care of you in prison? From now on, I'll make it clear to you that even your fart is nothing on this island."

  "Aren't you afraid I'll starve myself to death?" Qu Wu Yang said with his eyes open, filled with bloodshot.

  "It doesn't matter if someone dies on Prison Island, but if you die, Qu Wu Yang, that would be a big trouble," Lin Bing said with a cold smile, turning his head to instruct, "From tomorrow on, the rations for all heavy prisoners in the inner prison will be reduced by 50%. If anyone goes on hunger strike, their food can be distributed to other heavy prisoners. This way, perhaps even Qu's family members would wish him to go on hunger strike."

  "You come to interrogate me alone at midnight, you must have an ulterior motive. Don't think I'm a three-year-old child to be deceived." Qu Wu Yang said with a sigh of relief.

  "Give him a stool to sit on and speak, remove the heavy cangue, so that he has the strength to speak." Lin ordered.

  Chang Sun Gong had someone bring over a stool, removed the heavy cangue from Qu Wu Yang's neck and then retreated, leaving Lin Xie and Ao Canghai alone in the detention room to interrogate Qu Wu Yang.

  "You've said a lot of harsh words, but you're a sensible person, we don't need to go back and forth," Lin Xuan said. "In your heart, you're still grateful that the Qu family fell into my hands, I have my own limits when it comes to doing things. The Qu family's crime has already been decided, if you feel uncomfortable here, I can transfer all of the Qu family members, young and old, to the city prison or the Jiangning prefecture prison, let them spend their last comfortable days."

  Qu Wu Yang did not make a sound, as usual, the female prisoners of the Qu family should be detained in the official matchmaker's place. If so, the official matchmaker's place would be more lively than the most famous Qingfeng Alley in the city. In Jiangning City, there is a group of officials who like to see local wealthy families suffer from prison disasters. The wives, concubines and maidservants of these wealthy families are mostly beautiful and charming, and playing with them can be more interesting than the women in brothels.

  "What more do you want? Isn't the silver we confiscated from Qu's family enough?" Qu Wuyang finally asked in a softer tone.

  Investigating the family property of the Cha clan was the most profitable task, but Lin Xie gave up and didn't participate. However, Zhang Yu Bo and Chen Yuan Liang didn't leave him behind either. After the matter was settled, they quietly transported two million taels of silver to the river mouth; Lin Xie then used this money to place an order with the Longjiang shipyard to build two large five-masted sailing ships.

  Lin Xie just wanted to cover up the secret of Changshan Island at this time. Gu Wu Chen and others knew that Ji Yun She had an income of 20,000 taels of silver, so he would use these 20,000 taels of silver to build a ship, and there was nothing wrong with it. As for outsiders, they couldn't even figure out the complicated relationship between Lin Xie and the Lin family, let alone explain anything to them.

  In addition, Zhang Yubo and Chen Yuanliang also sent a half-foot-high wooden box, which was filled with pearls and jade.

  In the temporarily sealed accounts in the public treasury, Zhang Yuber and Chen Yuanliang only had 80,000 taels of silver from the confiscated property of the Qu family. This number is just a deception to fool ghosts, Lin's family escaped from Shanglin with 200,000 taels of silver, and they actually took their time to confiscate the Qu family's property, with gold and silver bars worth nearly 300,000 taels, countless precious artifacts, pearls, jade, famous paintings, and calligraphy. This is only the property of the main families of the Qu Wuyang and Qu Wuming branches, after all, the crime of colluding with bandits is much smaller than the crime of treason, which can confiscate almost half of the property of the Qu family in Quyanting.

  Apart from the 80,000 taels of silver that were confiscated, they had embezzled more than 200,000 taels of silver - this was the actual amount reported by Zhang Yuber and Chen Yuanliang to Gu Wudian. Of course, it's impossible to estimate how much the clerks responsible for the confiscation had secretly kept for themselves.

  No wonder it's said that being an official is a way to get rich, and no wonder the magistrates and county heads like to destroy families and wipe out households. Although Lin Xie says that what he gained from the confiscation was far less than what Gu Wu Chen got, the Lin family's annual surplus from their business in Linli was not even two million taels of silver.

  Luo Yanghu's muddy waters were fished out, and Lin Xie had nearly 100,000 silver coins in his hands. At this time, he was not short of money, so he sat with his feet up, staring at Qu Wu Yang, saying: "The Qu family colluded with the Taihu thieves to control the grain transportation from Huzhou, Danyang, Pingjiang, and Jiaxing to Jiangning. I need a complete list of the Qu family's collusion with the Taihu thieves - if I find out that there is anything missing, this prison island will be too small to hold you Qu family members... Before you start writing this list, let me tell you one more thing: one of your Qu family women has a pulse that is slipping away without being ill..."

  A woman without illness but with a slippery pulse can be judged to have pregnancy.

  Qu Wu Yang opened his eyes and stared at Lin Fu: "Do you dare not to eradicate the roots?"

  "Hmph, I have my own limits, no need for you to remind me how to do things..." Lin Xian said coldly, letting the guards outside hand in paper and pen.

  Qu Wu Yang couldn't figure out what Lin Xie wanted to do with this list, he knew he wasn't qualified to ask, and he didn't dare to pretend, after all, Lin Xie had caught several hundred Taohu thieves in one night at the river mouth, and as long as Lin Xie spent some time verifying it, he could check whether the list Qu Wu Yang wrote was true or false.

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  Lin tied up the list written by Qu Wu Yang, and then asked Chang Sun Gong to take out other records for him. He went straight to the training camp on the east end of the prison island with Ao Canghai.

  Fu Qinghe, Cao Ziang, Zhou Pu, Wu Qi, Zhao Hu, Da Jiaoye Ge Cunxin and Xiao Jiaoye Ge Cunxiong all gathered in the camp.

  Fu Qinghe, Cao Ziang and Xiao Jiaoye Ge Cunxiong took the list written by Qu Wuyang and quickly compared it with other records.

  Taihu is located between the four prefectures of Jiaxing, Pingjiang, Danyang and Huzhou. The water gang's forces also exist, but due to Taihu's affluent location, the people's lives are barely passable, and the conflict with the government is not particularly intense. The water gang's forces are more like powerful families and wealthy civilians. Although there may be some uncleanliness behind their backs, they can still maintain a good citizen's identity on the surface. There are few Taihu thieves who openly rob and plunder, and the government's suppression of the water gang's forces in the Taihu area is also relatively mild.

  Liu An'er gathered a crowd to start a riot, and Hongze Pu was in great chaos. The Jiangdong Prefecture would naturally strengthen its vigilance against the Taihu Water Fortress, and the Qu Family Bandit Case would completely reverse the Jiangdong Prefecture's view of the Taihu Water Fortress. At least the evidence is conclusive, and the Taihu thieves who were bought by the Qu family to attack the river mouth will be included in the list of those to be cleared out later.

  "Ninghai Town cannot afford to distinguish between good and evil, and the Jiangdong Prefecture's various departments also cannot treat Taihu Lake's strongholds differently; I'm afraid that at this time, all of Taihu Lake's strongholds are in a state of anxiety, with people running around frantically. The Xie family is currently integrating the Donghai bandits' forces in Changguo to launch a large-scale raid on the Taihu Lake area, and they will not let slip this opportunity to win over Taihu Lake's strongholds." Cao Zi'ang said after comparing Qu Wu Yang's list with other records.

  "Yes, we set up a trick at the river mouth, but it's uncertain who will benefit the most in the end. Thinking about it is really frustrating." Lin Mou said helplessly shaking his head.

  "The forces of Taihu Shui Village are not united, and there must be those who are unwilling to surrender to the Donghai bandits. We cannot let the situation force them all to surrender to the Donghai bandits." Fu Qinghe said.

  "It would be best to have Li Zhuo take over the Taihu Shui Zhai forces and incorporate them into the Jiangning Water Camp," Lin Xian sighed softly, "but this plan is difficult to implement..."

  "How are we going to make good use of this list?" Cao Zikang asked, holding up the list written by Qu Wuyang.

  "I'll head to Pingjiang Prefecture tonight..." Fu Qinghe said, "I should be able to persuade a few families to go to Changshan Island."

  "Changshan Island can't accommodate too many people, and besides, the name of Changshan Island isn't very impressive, it won't convince a few families," Lin said with furrowed eyebrows. "But having something is better than nothing, Mr. Fu will have to work hard for this trip. However, just Mr. Fu going alone is not enough, Mr. Fu goes secretly, and I go openly..."

  "It's too dangerous for you to go," said Cao Zikang.

  "Let the Taihu Lake stronghold be taken by the Xie family, I am not willing; besides, if we let the Xie family effortlessly infiltrate their power into the Taihu Lake region, it would be extremely unfavorable to Changshan Island. No matter how dangerous, I still have to go to Pingjiang Prefecture," Lin Xuan said resolutely, "I will go find Gu Wu Chen now to come up with a reason to go to Pingjiang Prefecture."

  Cao Zikang, Ge Cunxin and Ge Cunxiong tried to dissuade Lin Xiang.

  "Don't try to persuade me anymore, Da Jia Ye will accompany me, and I'll take Wu Wei with me; besides, with Ao Ye around, I can live a little longer, right, Ao Ye?" Lin Xuan asked Ao Canghai with a smile.

  "Of course," Ao Canghai smiled and said, "but I also don't agree with you going to Pingjiang."

  The Battle of the River Mouth Lin Xie's body was too bloody, and Taihu thieves who were killed or captured were after all a minority. In the past few days, many of the defeated Taihu thieves had regrouped, they did not dare to launch a large-scale attack on the river mouth again, but Lin Xie openly took the initiative to send himself to their doorsteps, how could they possibly not take action?

  The Sha family's power in Jiangning is weak, but it's easy for the Donghai bandits to enter Pingjiang Prefecture. Lin Xie openly goes to Pingjiang Prefecture, who knows whether the Sha family will take advantage of this opportunity?

  Lin Xian went to Pingjiang Prefecture, and it was indeed no ordinary danger.